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State  normal  schools 3 

Law  regulating  normal  schools.  . . 9 

Law  relating  to  qualifications  of 
teachers  which  affects  normal 

schools 14 

Retirement  of  normal  school  teach- 
ers  15 

Indorsement  of  normal  school 

diplomas 17 

Revocation  of  normal  diplomas. . 18 

School  year  and  privileges 18 

Entrance  requirements 18 

Minimum  requirements  for  an 

approved  course 19 

Entrance  on  special  consideration.  20 

Appointment  of  students 20 

Appointment  of  nonresidents ....  22 


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Transfer  of  students 23 

General  professional  courses,  state- 
ment of 23 

Elementary  teachers  course 23 

Kindergarten-primary  course 24 

Kindergarten  course 24 

Special  courses  in  Buffalo  school . . 25 

Special  courses  in  Cortland  school . 30 

| Special  courses  in  Fredonia  school.  31 
j Special  courses  in  Geneseo  school. . 31 

! Special  courses  in  Oswego  school . . 32 


Special  courses  in  Plattsburg 


school 33 

Special  courses  in  Potsdam  school.  34 
High  school  courses  in  training 
schools 35 


ALBANY 

NEW  YORK  STATE  EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT 
1911 


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STATE  OF  NEW  YORK 

EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT 

Regents  of  the  University 
With  years  when  terms  expire 

1913  Whitelaw  Reid  M.A.  LL.D.  D.C.L.  Chancellor.  New  York 
1917  St  Clair  McKelway  M.A.  LL.D.  Vice  Chan- 


cellor   Brooklyn 

1919  Daniel  Beach  Ph.D.  LL.D Watkins 

1914  Pliny  T.  Sexton  LL.B.  LL.D Palmyra 

1912  T.  Guilford  Smith  M.A.  C.E.  LL.D.  . . . Buffalo 

1915  Albert  Vander  Veer  M.D.  M.A.  Ph.D.  LL.D.  Albany 

1922  Chester  S.  Lord  M.A.  LL.D New  York 

1918  William  Nottingham  M.A.  Ph.D.  LL.D.  . . Syracuse 

1920  Eugene  A.  Philbin  LL.B.  LL.D New  York 

1916  Lucian  L.  Shedden  LL.B.  LL.D Plattsburg 

1921  Francis  M.  Carpenter Mount  Kisco 

1923  Abram  I.  Elkus  LL.B New  York 


Commissioner  of  Education 

Andrew  S.  Draper  LL.B.  LL.D. 

Assistant  Commissioners 

Augustus  S.  Downing  M.A.  Pd.D.  LL.D.  . . First  Assistant 

Charles  F.  Wheelock  B.S.  LL.D Second  Assistant 

Thomas  E.  Finegan  M.A.  Pd.D Third  Assistant 

Director  of  State  Library 

James  I.  Wyer,  Jr,  M.L.S. 

Director  of  Science  and  State  Museum 

John  M.  Clarke  Ph.D.  D.Sc.  LL.D. 

Chiefs  of  Divisions 

Administration,  George  M.  Wiley  M.A. 

Attendance,  James  D.  Sullivan 

Educational  Extension,  W.  R.  Eastman  M.A.  M.L.S. 

Examinations,  Harlan  H.  Horner  B.A. 

History,  James  A.  Holden  B.A. 

Inspections,  Frank  H.  Wood  M.A. 

Law,  Frank  B.  Gilbert  B.A. 

Public  Records,  Thomas  C.  Quinn 
School  Libraries,  Charles  E.  Fitch  L.H.D. 

Statistics,  Hiram  C.  Case 

Visual  Instruction,  Alfred  W.  Abrams  Ph.B. 

Vocational  Schools,  Arthur  D.  Dean  B.S. 


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Education  Department  Bulletin 

Published  fortnightly  by  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York 

Entered  as  second-class  matter  June  24,  1908,  at  the  Post  Office  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  under 

the  act  of  July  16,  1894 

No.  505  ALBANY,  N.  Y.  October  15,  1911 


This  pamphlet  is  prepared  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  together  / 
in  one  publication  the  law,  regulations,  courses  of  study  and  all 
other  matters  relating  to  the  management  of  the  State  normal 
schools. 

STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOLS 

Brockport 

Local  board.  John  D.  Burns,  chairman;  Daniel  Holmes,  secretary 
and  treasurer;  Thomas  H.  Dobson;  Edward  Harrison;  Henry  Har- 
rison; Henry  S.  Madden;  Alfred  M.  White. 

Faculty.  Alfred  C.  Thompson  B . A. , principal ; Charles  D.  Seely  M. A. , 

Latin  and 'Greek ; William  L.  Vosburgh  B.  A. , mathematics ; Fred  A.  Bel- 
land,  physical  culture  and  manual  training;  Charles  O.  Beaman  B.S., 
science;  Charles  D.  Cooper  M.S.,  superintendent  training  department; 

Flora  C.  Willsea,  German  and  history;  Alletta  C.  Edwards  B.A., 
English;  Ruth  K.  Todd  B.A.,  assistant  in  Latin  and  Greek;  Caroline 
E.  Blodgett^B.S.,  music;  Nina  M.  Gage  B.A.,  assistant  in  science; 
Adelaide  Lewis  B.A.,  French  and  German;  Elizabeth  Briggs  B.A., 
history  and  German;  Ida  C.  Wadsworth  B.S.,  domestic  science;  Jean 
Corser,  drawing;  Mildred  A.  Smith  B.A.,  elocution  and  physical 
culture;  M.  Claire  Williams  B.A.,  assistant  in  English;  Laura  T. 
Cooper  B.A.,  critic,  grade  8;  Mabel  W.  Vanderhoof  B.S.,  critic, 
grade  7 ; Mary  C.  Thomas,  critic,  grade  6;  Mabel  Wombaugh,  Ph.B., 
critic,  grade  5;  Grace  H.  Strowger  B.A.,  critic,  grade  4;  Amelia  M. 
Wensel  B.A.,  critic,  grade  3;  May  A.  Williams  B.A.,  critic,  grade 
2;  Lucy  N.  Tompkins  B. A.,  critic,  grade  1;  S.  Jeanette  Reynolds, 
librarian;  Sarah  A.  Wygant,  secretary. 

Buffalo 

Local  board.  Edward  H.  Butler,  chairman;  Henry  W.  Hill,  sec- 
retary and  treasurer;  Henry  Lapp;  Hobart  Weed;  Robert  L.  Fryer; 
George  A.  Davis;  A.  Conger  Goodyear. 

Faculty.  Daniel  Upton  B.S.  M.E.,  principal;  Mark  M.  May- 
cock  Pd.  M.,  drawing;  Marcus  A.  G.  Meads  B.S.,  mathematics  and  logic; 
Irving  P.  Bishop  M.S., nature  study  and  science;  Cora  M.  Sager,  vocal 
music;  Gertrude  M.  Bacon,  supervisor  of  teaching;  Harrison  C. 


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Givens  M.E. , vocational  education ; Helen  L.  Dunston,  civics,  school  law 
and  American  history ; Grace  Viele  B . L. , history  and  librarian ; Georgina 
E.  Chamot,  methods  in  manual  training  and  sewing;  Susan  F. 
Chase  M.  A.  Pd.D.,  psychology  and  English  literature ; Bessie  L.  Bishop, 
assistant  in  science;  Ida  L.  Kempke  Pd.B.,  grammar  and  English; 
Louise  M.  Cassety,  principal  kindergarten  department;  Elizabeth 
C.  Lange,  principal  department  of  household  arts;  Helena  M. 
Simonds,  assistant  in  department  of  household  arts;  Amelia  B. 
Sprague,  drawing;  Jane  M.  Keeler,  calisthenics  and  methods  in 
reading;  Ernina  S.  Smith,  assistant  in  kindergarten  department; 
Helen  G.  Englebreck  B.A.,  history  of  education  and  records;  Edith 
L.  Huson,  principal  school  of  practice  and  critic,  grade  9;  Mary 
H.  Fowler,  critic,  grade  8;  Annie  E.  Davies,  critic,  grade  7;  Lillian 
W.  Walker,  critic,  grade  6;  Elizabeth  B.  Small,  critic,  grade  5;  Carrie 
Benson,  critic,  grade  4;  Ella  M.  Smith,  critic,  grade  3;  Theresa  A. 
Roehsler,  critic,  grade  2;  Dean  R.  Hill  B.A.,  secretary. 

Cortland 

Local  board.  William  H.  Clark,  chairman;  Theodore  H.  Wick- 
wire,  secretary;  Lawrence  J.  Fitzgerald,  treasurer;  Hugh  Duffey; 
Orris  U.  Kellogg;  Israel  T.  Deyo;  James  M.  Gilbert;  John  W.  Sug- 
gett. 

Faculty.  Francis  J.  Cheney  M.A.  Ph.D.,  principal;  William  A. 
Cornish  B.A:,  mathematics  and  arithmetic  methods;  Layton  S. 
Hawkins  M.A.,  science  and  science  methods;  R.  Elliott  Owens  B.A., 
methods  and  superintendent  of  the  school  of  practice;  Ulysses  F. 
Axtell  B.A.,  logic,  elocution  and  literature  methods;  Myron  J. 
Walter  B.S.,  assistant  in  science;  Edward  D.  Curtis,  Latin,  Greek, 
and  Latin  methods;  A.  Kendall  Getman  B.S.A.,  assistant  in  agri- 
culture; Helen  M.  Goodhue,  drawing;  Caroline  M.  C.  Hawkins  B.A., 
Latin,  English  and  grammar  methods;  Minnie  M.  Alger,  music; 
Mary  W.  Butler,  physical  training;  Agnes  Orr-Carson,  French  and 
German;  Gertrude  E.  Bussard  B.A.,  high  school  English;  M.  Eliza- 
beth Mason  B.A.,  history,  civics  and  methods  of  American  history; 
Mary  A.  Lattimer,  manual  training;  Emma  J.  Davies,  assistant  in 
physical  training;  Lynn  E.  Brown,  principal  and  critic,  intermediate 
department;  Ella  Gale,  critic,  intermediate  department;  Katherine 
E.  Moran,  critic,  intermediate  department;  Jenny  L.  Robinson, 
critic,  intermediate  department;  Ella  M.  Van  Hoesen,  principal  and 
critic,  primary  department;  Katherine  H.  Walsh,  critic,  primary 
department;  Jean  Y.  Ayer,  critic,  primary  department;  M.  Agnes 


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Mix,  critic,  primary  department;  Bertha  L.  Hill,  principal, 
kindergarten  department ; Edith  E.  Armitage,  assistant  kindergartner ; 
Edith  F.  Rainey,  secretary. 


Fredonia 

Local  board.  Samuel  H.  Albro,  chairman;  Howard  M.  Clarke, 
secretary  and  treasurer;  Samuel  C.  Crandall;  W.  A.  Holcomb;  Wil- 
liam S.  Stearns. 

Faculty.  Myron  T.  Dana  Pd.D.,  principal;  Andrew  Y.  Freeman, 
superintendent  of  practice;  H.  L.  Holcomb  B.A.,  Latin  and  Greek; 
Franklin  N.  Jewett  M.A.,  science;  George  G.  McEwen  A.M.  Pd.B., 
mathematics;  John  L.  Dahl  B.A.,  assistant  in  sciences;  Elizabeth  R. 
Mertz  Ph.B.,  modern  languages;  Anna  McLaury  B.S.  Ph.M.,  English; 
Rachael  M.  Jarrold  M.A.,  history  and  civics;  Julia  J.  Shepard, 
drawing  and  manual  training;  Edna  Fuller,  director  of  physical 
training;  Mrs  Carrie  L.  Record,  principal,  junior  department;  Jessie 
E.  Hillman,  instrumental  music;  Edith  N.  Curtis,  assistant  in  drawing 
and  manual  training;  Mrs  Margaret  H.  Start,  vocal-  music;  Julia 

D.  Sherman,  principal,  senior  department;  Jennie  M.  Merrill,  critic, 
senior  department;  Clara  M.  Dailey,  critic,  senior  department;  Lillian 
V.  Stewart,  critic,  senior  department ; Laura  E.  Treadway,  critic,  junior 
department;  Frances  H.  Killen,  critic,  junior  department;  Ethel  L. 
Kilts,  critic,  junior  department;  Jessamine  Ellison,  critic;  junior 
department;  Edith  Graves,  supervisor  of  Kindergarten;  Ama  L. 
Lester,  director  of  kindergarten;  Helen  W.  Traver  B.A.,  assistant  in 
vocal  music;  Mrs  Clara  A.  Ross,  secretary. 

Geneseo 

Local  board.  William  A.  Brodie,  chairman;  Lockwood  R.  Doty, 
secretary;  Lloyd  W.  Crossett,  treasurer;  James  W.  Wadsworth; 
William  A.  Wadsworth;  Frank  K.  Cook;  George  B.  Adams;  Walter 

E.  Lauderdale;  Otto  Kelsey. 

Faculty.  James  V.  Sturges  M.A.  Pd.D.,  principal;  Frank  E. 
Welles  Ph.D.,  vice  principal,  Latin;  W.  Fowler  Bucke  Ph.D.,  prin- 
cipal of  training  school,  pedagogy,  history  of  education;  Reuben  L. 
Countryman  M.A.,  logic,  mathematics;  Guy  A.  Bailey  B.S.,  science; 
Frank  L.  De  Beukelaer  B.A.,  assistant  in  science;  E.  S.  Barnes, 
principal  of  academic  department,  history,  mathematics;  Lydia 
I.  Jones  Ph.B.,  literature;  Ida  M.  Hemans  B.A.,  librarian;  Hazel 
E.  Kilian,  assistant  in  library  methods;  Christabel  Abbott  Ph.B., 
English  and  expression;  M.  Louise  Russell,  principal  primary  depart- 


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merit;  Georgia  H.  Reeve,  methods;  Helen  Jenkins,  physical  training; 
Mary  E.  Day,  drawing;  Laura  Halliday,  assistant  in  drawing;  Julia 
F.  Seligman  B.S.,  French  and  German;  Mary  A.  Phillips  B.A.,  high 
school  English;  Anna  J.  Gannett  B.S.,  critic;  Alta  E.  Thompson 
Pd.B.,  critic;  Grace  S.  Balding,  critic;  Edna  B.  Cook  Ph.B.,  critic; 
Grace  V.  Frechette,  critic;  Ida  S.  Mead,  critic;  Katherine  B.  Rose, 
critic;  Elizabeth  J.  Burlingame,  critic;  Mary  B.  Pratt,  kindergarten; 
Laura  M.  Deichman,  assistant  in  kindergarten;  Carol  M.  Holland, 
music;  Zoe  E.  Parker,  secretary. 

New  Paltz 

Local  board.  A.  K.  Smiley,  chairman;  J.  J.  Hasbrouck,  treasurer; 
John  Schmid,  secretary;  Alton  B.  Parker;  Jacob  D.  Wurts;  Charles 
M.  Harcourt;  G.  D.  B.  Hasbrouck;  Daniel  Smiley;  Frank  J.  Le  Fevre. 

Faculty.  John  C.  Bliss  Pd.D.,  principal;  Elmer  E.  Arnold  B.A., 
mathematics,  history  of  education;  Angie  E.  Badger,  art;  Arthur 

B.  Bennett  Ph.B.,  English;  Grace  V.  Brown  Pd.B.,  grade  super- 
visor, reading;  Amy  E.  Clark,  music;  William  G.  Fuller,  Ph.G., 
science;  Kitty  A.  Gage  M.A.,  French;  William  C.  Greenawalt  B.A., 
German  and  history;  Anna  B.  Herrig,  pedagogy,  supervisor  of 
practice  work;  James  F.  Johnson,  manual  training;  Maud  Keator, 
penmanship;  Cora  M.  Littlefield,  grade  supervisor,  history;  Cecil 

C.  MacDonald  M.A.,  principal  high  school  department;  Faye 
McFerran,  assistant  in  training  school  and  librarian;  Mary  E. 
Pennell,  kindergarten;  May  L.  Phillips,  advanced  reading  and 
expression;  Charlotte  E.  Reeve,  grade  supervisor,  arithmetic;  Addie 

D.  Scott,  B.S.,  grade  supervisor,  art;  Anne  E.  Scott,  grade  supervisor, 
geography;  Annie  L.  D.  Swan,  physical  director;  Harriet  L.  Van 
Tassell,  household  arts;  Grace  M.  Drake,  secretary. 

Oneonta 

Local  board.  George  I.  Wilber,  chairman;  Henry  Bull,  secretary 
and  treasurer;  Walter  L.  Brown;  James  Stewart;  Eugene  Raymond; 
Willard  E.  Yager;  George  Kirkland;  Frederick  A.  Mead;  Hobart 
Krum;  Harry  W.  Lee. 

Faculty.  Percy  I.  Bugbee  M.A.  D.Sc.,  principal;  Arthur  M. 
Curtis  B.S.,  mathematics;  Frank  D.  Blodgett  M.A.,  logic,  history, 
science  of  education;  Charles  A.  Schumacher  Ph.D.,  psychology  and 
methods  of  literature;  Ada  K.  Smith  B.A.,  science;  Edna  L.  Hotaling, 
Latin  and  algebra;  Elizabeth  Gleason  B.A.,  music;  Caroline  Jenkins, 
drawing;  Florence  M.  Matteson  B.S.  history;  Frank  G.  Sanford, 


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manual  training;  Eliza  E.  Gee,  principal  intermediate  department; 
Cora  H.  Pettit,  principal  primary  department;  Sarah  M.  Walker, 
critic;  Helen  C.  Fritts  Pd.B.,  critic;  Frances  Alice  Terrill,  critic; 
Caroline  D.  Hurlbutt,  critic;  Katharine  H.  Tobey  M.A.,  critic; 
Mabel  Parsons,  critic;  Kate  B.  Cristman,  critic;  Evelyn  E.  Tilton, 
critic;  Vesta  N.  Scoby,  domestic  art  and  science ; Louise  H.  Livermore, 
physical  training;  Jessie  Scott  Himes,  kindergarten;  Alice  H.  Mor- 
rison, kindergarten  assistant;  Claire  A.  Hurlburt,  special  assistant; 
E.  May  Hurlbutt,  secretary. 

At  the  Center  street  school:  Addie  E.  Hatfield,  principal;  Estella 
Matteson,  critic,  grade  7;  Anna  B.  Seaver,  critic,  grade  6;  Mabelle 
M.  Boynton,  critic,  grade  5;  Aurore  Mae  Henault,  critic,  grade  4; 
Blanche  C.  Fuller,  critic,  grade  3;  Jennie  M.  Greene,  critic,  grade  2; 
Ellen  E.  Hitchcock,  critic,  grade  1. 

Oswego 

Local  board.  Gilbert  Mollison,  chairman;  Robert  A Downey, 
secretary  and  treasurer;  Cadwell  B.  Benson;  Laurence  Clancy; 
Frederick  O.  Clarke;  S.  Mortimer  Coon;  Francis  E.  Cullen;  P.  W. 
Cullinan;  Thomas  D.  Lewis;  Merrick  Stowell. 

Faculty.  Isaac  B.  Poucher  M.A.  Pd.D.,  principal;  Walker  G. 
Rappeleye  B.S.,  mathematics;  Charles  S.  Sheldon,  sciences;  Amos  W. 
Farnham  M.A.,  geography,  school  law;  Richard  K.  Piez  Pd.D., 
psychology,  history  of  education,  drawing;  James  G.  Riggs  M.A., 
superintendent  of  training  school;  Joseph  C.  Park,  manual  training; 
Chester  Higbee  Tether  Ph.B.,  science;  Herbert  J.  Smith  M.A., 
Greek,  Latin,  logic;  Frederick  P.  Kern,  assistant  in  manual  training, 
physical  culture;  Caroline  L.  G.  Scales  Ph.B.,  English,  history; 
Lydia  E.  Phoenix  M.A.  M.O.,  reading,  physical  culture,  vocal  music; 
Mary  H.  MacElroy,  history,  English;  Charlotte  M.  Waterman, 
music;  Leslie  Savage  B.A.,  physical  culture,  history;  Madame 
Jeannette  Grossen,  French,  German,  Spanish;  Laura  A.  Harden  B.A., 
English,  assistant  librarian;  Caroline  V.  Sinnamon,  principal  gram- 
mar department;  Mary  L.  O’Geran,  principal  intermediate  depart- 
ment; Harriet  E.  Stevens,  principal  primary  department;  Katherine 
A.  Hayes,  critic;  Elizabeth  G.  Holmes,  first  assistant  in  kindergarten; 
Ida  M.  Isdell,  second  assistant  in  kindergarten;  Allen  W.  Poucher, 
secretary. 

Plattsburg 

Local  board.  John  B.  Riley,  chairman;  Everett  C.  Baker,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer;  John  H.  Moffitt;  John  F.  O’Brien;  James  Rogers; 
George  S.  Weed;  John  M.  Wever;  William  B.  Mooers. 


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Faculty.  George  K.  Hawkins  M.A.  D.Sc.,  principal;  George  H. 
Hudson,  sciences;  A.  N.  Henshaw  Ph.D.,  ancient  languages  and 
pedagogy;  O.  W.  Kitchell  Ph.D.  D.Sc.,  mathematics  and  logic;Guy  W. 
Shallies  B.A.,  English;  Henry  F.  Feuring  M.A.,  modern  languages; 
Benjamin  G.  Sinclair  M.A.,  history;  Genevieve  Andrews,  drawing; 
Alice  L.  O’Brien,  reading  and  physical  culture;  Margaret  M.  Garrity, 
music;  Anna  L.  Carroll,  assistant  in  science;  H.  M.  Cook  M.A.  Ph.D., 
principal  of  model  school;  Anna  M.  Powers,  critic,  grade  7;  Kate  E. 
Hull,  critic,  grade  6;  C.  Gertrude  Phelps,  critic,  grade  5;  Jennie  M. 
Whitmore,  critic,  grade  4;  Mabel  L.  Chase,  critic,  grade  3;  Louise 
A.  Perry,  critic,  grade  2 ; Harriette  A.  Ingalls,  critic,  grade  1 ; 
Charlotte  E.  Chase,  kindergarten;  Edwin  L.  Taylor,  manual  train- 
ing; F.  M.  Miller,  assistant  in  manual  training;  William  G.  Thomp- 
son, commercial  branches;  Mabel  C.  McDowell,  domestic  science 
and  household  arts;  Anne  J.  O’Brien,  librarian;  Ollie  H.  Amsden, 
secretary. 

Potsdam 

Local  board.  E.  A.  Merritt,  chairman;  George  H.  Sweet,  secre- 
tary; George  W.  F.  Smith,  treasurer;  W.  R.  Weed;  Thomas  Spratt; 
Frederick  L.  Dewey;  Charles  H.  Leete. 

Faculty.  J.  M.  Thompson  M.A.  Pd.D.,  principal;  Katherine  M. 
Kellas  Ph.D.,  preceptress,  English;  L.  D.  Taggart  B.S.,  principal  of 
high  school  department;  Edward  W.  Flagg  M.A.,  history,  history  of 
education;  Julia  E.  Crane,  vocal  music;  Willis  E.  Bond  B.A.,  mathe- 
matics, logic;  Adelaide  Norris,  principal  intermediate  department; 
Wilhelmina  Caldwell,  principal  kindergarten  department;  Lois  A. 
Riedel  Pd.B.,  assistant  in  drawing  and  English;  W.  L.  Hartman  M.A., 
Latin;  N.  V.  Taylor  B.A.,  science;  Luella  Sexmith  Ph.B.,  model 
teacher;  Jennie  C.  Johnson,  model  teacher;  Ruth  E.  Lewis,  model 
teacher;  Mary  E.  McCarter,  model  teacher;  Arline  Denison  B.S., 
principal  primary  department;  Marion  B.  Forsythe,  model  teacher; 
Anna  P.  Draime  Ph.B.,  English;  Ernest  A.  Blood,  physical  director; 
Harry  W.  Jacobs,  director  of  industrial  work;  Hattie  M.  Smith, 
domestic  science,  manual  training;  Julia  T.  Walling,  English, 
librarian;  Alice  M.  Grandey  Ph.B.,  German;  J.  F.  Hummer  B.S., 
physical  geography,  biology;  Mabel  B.  Hall  B.A.  Pd.B.,  Latin, 
French;  W.  B.  Chriswell  Ph.B.,  methods;  Susan  A.  Rose  B.A.,  oral 
expression;  F.  E.  Hawthorne,  piano,  organ,  harmony;  Minnie  E. 
Plank,  secretary 


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THE  LAW 

The  State  normal  schools  are  regulated  by  article  3 2 of  the  Educa- 
tion Law  which  is  as  follows : 


Section  810 

811 

812 

813 

814 

815 

816 

817 

818 

819 

820 

821 

822 

823 

824 

825 

826 

827 

828 

829 

830 

831 


ARTICLE  32 

Normal  Schools 

Normal  schools  continued. 

Local  boards. 

Powers  of  local  boards. 

Bond  of  treasurer. 

Salary  of  secretary  and  treasurer. 

Local  boards  shall  have  management  of  buildings  and 
property. 

Courses  of  study. 

Teachers’  salaries,  et  cetera. 

Commissioner  may  perform  duties  of  defaulting  local 
board. 

Diplomas. 

Requisites  for  admission;  privileges  and  duties  of  pupils. 
Practice  departments  in  Fredonia  school. 

Special  policemen. 

Village  or  city  may  insure  normal  school  property. 
Expense  of  insurance  a village  or  city  charge. 

Deposit  of  insurance  moneys  in  bank. 

Acceptance  of  grants  and  bequests  authorized. 
Education  of  Indian  youth. 

Selection  of  Indian  youth. 

Age  of  youth  and  limit  of  time  for  support. 

Guardians  of  youth. 

Indian  pupils  on  equality  with  others. 


§ 810  Normal  schools  continued.  The  State  normal  schools 
heretofore  established  at  Brockport,  Buffalo,  Cortland,  Fredonia, 
Geneseo,  New  Paltz,  Oneonta,  Oswego,  Plattsburg  and  Potsdam, 
are  continued. 

§ 81 1 Local  boards.  There  shall  continue  to  be  a local  board 
of  each  of  said  State  normal  schools,  consisting  of  not  less  than  three 
nor  more  than  thirteen  persons  and  the  members  thereof  shall  hold 
their  offices  until  removed  by  the  concurrent  action  of  the  Chancellor 
of  the  University  and  the  Commissioner  of  Education.  A vacancy 


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in  any  of  said  boards  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Education. 

§ 812  Powers  of  local  boards.  1 Local  boards  shall  have  the 
immediate  supervision  and  management  of  said  schools,  subject, 
however,  to  the  general  supervision  of  the  Commissioner  of  Educa- 
tion and  to  his  direction  in  all  things  pertaining  to  the  school.  Said 
local  boards  shall  have  power  to  appoint  one  of  their  number  chair- 
man, one  secretary  and  another  treasurer  of  the  board.  The  secretary 
may  also  be  treasurer. 

2 A majority  of  each  of  said  boards  shall  form  a quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business,  and  in  the  absence  of  any  officer  of  the 
board,  another  member  may  be  appointed  pro  tempore  to  fill  his 
place  and  perform  his  duties. 

3 It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  board  to  make  and  establish,  and 
from  time  to  time  to  alter  and  amend,  such  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  government  of  such  schools  under  their  charge,  respectively, 
as  they  shall  deem  best,  which  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Education. 

4 They  shall  also  severally  transmit  through  the  Commissioner 
of  Education,  and  subject  to  his  approval  and  in  the  form  which 
he  directs,  a report  to  the  Legislature  on  the  first  day  of  January 
in  each  year,  showing  the  condition  of  the  school  under  their  charge 
during  the  year  next  preceding,  including,  especially,  an  account  in 
detail  of  their  receipts  and  expenditures,  which  shall  be  duly  verified 
by  the  oath  or  affirmation  of  their  chairman  and  secretary. 

§ 813  Bond  of  treasurer.  The  treasurer  shall  give  an  under- 
taking to  the  people  of  the  State  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
his  trust  in  an  amount  fixed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Education. 
The  undertaking  shall  be  approved  by  said  Commissioner  and  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  Comptroller. 

§ 814  Salary  of  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  secretary  and  the 
treasurer  shall  each  be  paid  an  annual  salary  to  be  fixed  by  the  local 
board  with  the  approval  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  but 
the  aggregate  amount  of  such  salaries  shall  not  exceed  four  hundred 
dollars. 

§ 815  Local  boards  shall  have  management  of  buildings  and 
property.  The  local  boards  of  managers  of  the  respective  normal 
schools  in  this  State  shall  have  the  custody,  keeping  and  manage- 
ment of  the  grounds  and  buildings  provided  or  used  for  the  purposes 
of  such  schools,  respectively,  and  other  property  of  the  State  per- 
taining thereto,  with  power  to  protect,  preserve  and  improve  the 


same. 


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§ 816  Courses  of  study.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Education  to  prescribe  the  courses -of  study  to  be  pursued 
in  each  of  said  schools. 

§ 817  Teachers,  salaries,  et  cetera.  The  Commissioner  of 
Education  shall  determine  the  number  of  teachers  to  be  employed 
in  each  normal  school  and  the  salary  of  such  teachers.  The  employ- 
ment of  such  teachers  shall  also  be  subject  to  his  approval. 

§ 818  Commissioner  may  perform  duties  of  defaulting  local 
board.  During  such  time  as  any  local  board  shall  fail  or  refuse  to 
discharge  any  duty  the  Commissioner  of  Education  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  discharge  such  duty  of  such  local  boards  or  any  of  their 
officers;  and  the  acts  of  said  Commissioner  of  Education  in  the 
premises  shall  be  as  valid  and  binding  as  if  done  by  a competent 
local  board  or  its  officers,  or  with  their  cooperation. 

§ 819  Diplomas.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  prepare 
suitable  diplomas  to  be  granted  to  the  students  of  such  school,  who 
shall  have  completed  one  or  more  of  the  courses  of  study  and  discipline 
prescribed,  and  a diploma  signed  by  him,  the  chairman  and  secretary 
of  the  local  board  and  the  principal  of  the  school,  shall  be  of  itself 
a certificate  of  qualification  to  teach  common  schools. 

§ 820  Requisites  for  admission;  privileges  and  duties  of  pupils. 
1 All  applicants  for  admission  to  a normal  school  shall  be  residents 
of  this  State,  or,  if  not,  they  shall  be  admitted  only  upon  the  payment 
of  such  tuition  fees  as  shall  be,  from  time  to  time,  prescribed  by  the 
Commissioner  of  Education.  Applicants  shall  present  such  evidences 
of  proficiency  or  be  subject  to  such  examination  as  shall  be  prescribed 
by  said  Commissioner. 

2 A normal  school  shall  not  receive  into  its  academic  department 
any  pupil  not  a resident  of  the  territory,  for  the  benefit  or  advantage  of 
whose  residents  the  State  has  pledged  itself  to  maintain  such  aca- 
demic department  unless  such  pupil  declares  it  to  be  her  intention 
to  remain  in  such  school  to  complete  the  regular  normal  course. 

3 All  students  duly  admitted  to  the  normal  department  shall  be 
entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  the  school,  free  from  all  charges  for 
tuition  or  for  the  use  of  books  or  apparatus,  but  every  pupil  shall  pay 
for  books  lost  by  him,  and  for  any  damage  to  books  in  his  possession. 
Any  pupil  may  be  dismissed  from  the  school  by  the  local  board  for 
immoral  or  disorderly  conduct,  or  for  neglect  or  inability  to  perform 
his  duties. 

§ 821  Practice  departments  in  Fredonia  school.  The  local  board 
of  control  of  the  State  normal  school  at  Fredonia  shall  have  the  same 
powers  and  privileges  in  respect  to  practice  departments  as  boards  of 


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education,  under  subdivision  3 of  section  310  and  section  317  of  this 
chapter. 

§ 822  Special  policemen.  For  the  purpose  of  protecting  and 
preserving  such  buildings,  grounds  and  other  property,  and  prevent- 
ing injuries  thereto,  and  preserving  order,  preventing  disturbances, 
and  preserving  the  peace  in  such  buildings  and  upon  such  grounds,  the 
local  boards  of  managers  of  each  of  said  normal  schools  shall  have 
power,  by  resolution  or  otherwise,  to  appoint,  from  time  to  time, 
one  or  more  special  policemen,  and  to  remove  the  same  at  pleasure, 
who  shall  be  police  officers,  with  the  same  powers  as  constables  of 
the  town  or  city  where  such  school  is  located,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  preserve  order,  and  prevent  disturbances  and  breaches  of  the 
peace  in  and  about  the  buildings,  and  on  and  about  the  grounds  used 
for  said  school,  or  pertaining  thereto,  and  protect  and  preserve 
the  same  from  injury,  and  to  arrest  any  and  all  persons  making  any 
loud  or  unusual  noise,  causing  any  disturbance,  committing  any 
breach  of  the  peace,  or  misdemeanor  or  any  wilful  trespass  upon  such 
grounds,  or  in  or  upon  said  buildings,  or  any  part  thereof  and  convey 
such  person  or  persons  so  arrested,  with  a statement  of  the  cause 
of  the  arrest,  before  a proper  magistrate  to  be  dealt  with  according 
to  law. 

§ 823  Village  or  city  may  insure  normal  school  property.  Each 
village  and  city  in  this  State,  wherein  is  located  a State  normal  and 
training  school,  may  insure  and  keep  insured  the  real  and  personal 
property  of  such  school  against  loss  or  damage  by  fire,  when  the  State 
refuses  to  insure,  or  keep  adequately  insured,  such  property. 
The  insurance  is  to  be  in  the  name  of  the  State,  and  in  case  of  loss, 
any  moneys  obtained  from  such  insurance  are  to  be  used  and  disposed 
of  the  same  as  if  the  State  had  effected  such  insurance.  The  amount 
of  insurance  to  be  carried  shall  be  determined  by  the  municipal 
authorities  of  such  village  or  city. 

§ 824  Expense  of  insurance  a village  or  city  charge.  The 
amount  of  money  necessary  to  effect  and  continue  such  insurance 
shall  be  raised  annually  by  such  village  or  city  at  the  same  time,  and 
in  the  same  manner,  as  the  ordinary  expenses  of  the  village  or  city 
are  raised. 

§ 825  Deposit  of  insurance  moneys  in  bank.  Where  any  loss  or 
damage,  against  which  insurance  exists,  occurs  to  the  real  or  personal 
property  of  any  of  the  normal  and  training  schools  of  the  State,  the 
moneys  realized  from  such  insurance  shall  be  deposited  by  each 
company  in  which  such  property  is  insured  in  a bank  to  be  designated 
by  the  State  Comptroller,  subject  to  the  check  of  the  local  board  of 


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managers  of  such  school,  countersigned  by  the  State  Comptroller. 
Such  moneys  shall  be  kept  as  a separate  fund  to  the  credit  of  the 
local  board  of  managers  of  such  school,  and  shall  be  immediately 
available  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  such  local  board  of 
managers,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education, 
to  repair  or  replace,  wholly  or  partially,  the  real  or  personal  property 
so  damaged  or  destroyed. 

§ 826  Acceptance  of  grants  and  bequests  authorized.  The  local 
board  of  managers  of  any  State  normal  and  training  school  of  this 
State,  may  accept,  for  the  State,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Education  the  gift,  grant,  devise  or  bequest  of 
money  or  other  property,  and  to  apply  the  same  to  any  purpose,  not 
inconsistent  with  the  general  purposes  of  such  school,  which  shall 
be  prescribed  in  the  instrument  by  which  such  gift,  grant,  devise  or 
bequest  shall  be  made. 

§ 827  Education  of  Indian  youth.  The  State  Treasurer  shall 
pay,  on  the  warrant  of  the  Comptroller,  on  bills  approved  by  the 
Commissioner  of  Education,  from  the  general  fund,  such  sum  as 
may  be  appropriated  for  the  support  and  education  of  Indian  youth 
in  the  State  normal  schools. 

§ 828  Selection  of  Indian  youth.  The  selection  of  such  youth 
shall  be  made  by  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  from  the  several 
Indian  tribes  located  within  this  State ; and  in  making  such  selection 
due  regard  shall  be  had  to  a just  participation  in  the  privileges  of 
this  article  by  each  of  the  said  several  tribes,  and,  if  practicable, 
reference  shall  also  be  had  to  the  population  of  each  of  said  tribes  in 
determining  such  selection. 

§ 829  Age  of  youth  and  limit  of  time  for  support.  Such  youth 
shall  not  be  under  sixteen  years  of  age,  nor  shall  any  of  such  youth 
be  supported  or  educated  at  said  normal  schools  for  a period  exceeding 
three  years. 

§ 830  Guardians  of  youth.  The  local  board  of  each  normal 
school  shall  be  the  guardians  of  such  Indian  youth,  during  the  period 
of  their  connection  with  the  school;  and  shall  pay  their  necessary 
expenses,  as  provided  in  section  827  of  this  article. 

§ 831  Indian  pupils  on  equality  with  others.  The  Indian  pupils 
selected  in  pursuance  of  this  article,  and  attending  said  normal 
schools,  shall  enjoy  the  same  privileges,  of  every  kind,  as  the  other 
pupils  attending  said  schools,  including  the  payment  of  traveling 
expenses,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  to  each  pupil. 


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CERTAIN  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  RELATING  TO  THE 
QUALIFICATIONS  OF  TEACHERS  AND  AFFECTING 
STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOLS 

Article  20  of  the  Education  Law  defines  the  legal  qualifications  of 
teachers.  The  provisions  of  such  law  which  affect  the  State  normal 
schools  are  sections  550  and  551,  and  are  as  follows: 

§ 55°  Qualification  of  teachers.  No  person  shall  be  employed 
or  authorized  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  this  State  who  is : 

1 Under  the  age  of  eighteen  years;  and 

2 Not  in  possession  of  a teachers  certificate  issued  under  the 
authority  of  this  chapter  or  a diploma  issued  on  the  completion  of 
a course  in  a State  normal  school  of  this  State  or  in  the  State  Normal 
College. 

§ 551  Minimum  qualifications  of  teachers  in  primary  and  gram- 
mar schools.  No  person  shall  hereafter  be  employed  or  licensed  to 
teach  in  the  primary  and  grammar  schools  of  any  city  or  school  dis- 
trict authorized  by  law  to  employ  a superintendent  of  schools  who 
has  not  had  successful  experience  in  teaching  for  at  least  three  years, 
or  in  lieu  thereof  has  not  completed: 

1 A course  in  one  of  the  State  normal  schools  of  this  State  pre- 
scribed by  the  Commissioner  of  Education. 

2 An  examination  for  and  received  a life  State  certificate  issued 
in  this  State  by  a Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  or  the  Com- 
missioner of  Education. 

3 A course  of  study  in  a high  school  or  academy  of  not  less  than 
three  years  approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Education  or  from 
some  institution  of  learning  of  equal  or  higher  rank  approved  by  the 
same  authority,  and  who  subsequently  to  the  completion  of  such 
course  has  not  graduated  from  a school  for  the  professional  training 
of  teachers  having  a course  of  not  less  than  two  years  approved  by 
the  Commissioner  of  Education  or  its  equivalent. 


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RETIREMENT  OF  NORMAL  SCHOOL  TEACHERS 


The  teachers  employed  in  the  State  normal  schools  may  be  retired 
under  the  provisions  of  article  43 -A  of  the  Education  Law,  which  is 
as  follows : 

ARTICLE  43-A 

Retirement  Fund  for  Teachers  in  State  Institutions 


[Article  inserted  by  L.  1910,  chap.  441,  in  effect  June  8,  1910] 


Section  1095 

1096 

1097 

1098 

1099 


Retirement  of  certain  teachers  in  State  institutions. 
Certificate  of  retirement  upon  application. 

Retirement  upon  recommendation  of  governing  body 
of  institution  where  teacher  is  employed. 

Amount  to  be  paid  to  such  retired  teachers. 

Time  and  manner  of  payments. 


§ 1095  Retirement  of  certain  teachers  in  State  institutions. 

Every  person  who,  for  a period  of  ten  years  immediately  preceding, 
has  been  employed  by  the  State  as  a teacher  in  any  college,  school 
or  institution  maintained  and  supported  by  the  State  and  who  shall 
have  been  engaged  in  teaching  in  some  college,  university,  school, 
academy  or  institution  or  in  the  public  schools  of  this  State  or  else- 
where during  a period  aggregating  thirty  years  and  has  reached  the 
age  of  seventy  years  must,  at  his  request,  or  may  on  the  order  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Education,  be  retired  from  such  employment. 

§ 1096  Certificate  of  retirement  upon  application.  Every  such 
person  desiring  to  be  retired  under  the  provisions  of  section  1095  of 
this  chapter  shall  present  to  and  file  with  the  Commissioner  of 
Education  an  affidavit  signed  by  himself,  or,  in  case  he  is  mentally 
or  physically  incapable  of  making  such  affidavit,  the  affidavit  of 
some  person  or  persons  acquainted  with  the  facts,  setting  forth  the 
number  of  years  of  such  employment,  the  place  or  places  where 
employed,  the  salary  received  by  the  applicant  at  the  last  place  of 
employment,  and  upon  the  filing  of  such  affidavits,  the  Commissioner 
of  Education,  if  he  shall  be  satisfied  of  the  truth  of  the  affidavit,  shall 
issue  to  such  applicant  a certificate  that  such  applicant  has  been 
retired  from  active  service  as  a teacher. 

§ 1097  Retirement  upon  recommendation  of  governing  body  of 
institution  where  teacher  is  employed.  Upon  the  recommendation 
of  a majority  of  the  members  of  the  board  or  governing  body  having 
in  charge  any  such  college,  school  or  institution,  that  a member  of 


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the  teaching  force  be  retired  on  account  of  mental  or  physical  inca- 
pacity for  the  performance  of  duty,  the  Commissioner  of  Education 
may  retire  such  person  and  issue  to  such  person  the  certificate  set 
forth  in  section  1096  of  this  chapter,  provided  such  person  has  been 
employed  by  the  State  for  ten  years  immediately  preceding  as  a 
teacher  in  any  college,  school  or  institution  maintained  and  supported 
by  the  State  and  has  been  engaged  in  teaching  in  some  college, 
university,  school,  academy  or  institution  or  in  the  public  schools  of 
this  State  or  elsewhere  during  a period  aggregating  thirty  years,  or, 
having  reached  the  age  of  sixty-five  years,  during  a period  aggre- 
gating twenty  years. 

§ 1098  Amount  to  be  paid  to  such  retired  teacher.  Every  person 
who  shall  be  retired  under  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  from  the  State  one-half  the  salary  which  such  per- 
son was  receiving  at  the  date  of  such  retirement,  not  to  exceed, 
however,  in  the  case  of  a supervising  official,  or  principal,  one  thou- 
sand dollars,  and  in  the  case  of  a teacher,  seven  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars.  In  no  case  shall  the  payment  to  any  person  retired  hereunder 
be  less  than  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars. 

§ 1099  Time  and  manner  of  payments.  The  payments  of  the 
amounts  provided  in  this  article  to  be  paid  shall  be  made  by  the 
State  Treasurer  on  the  warrant  of  the  Comptroller  on  the  audit  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Education.  Payments  shall  be  made  quarterly 
commencing  with  the  first  quarter  after  the  date  of  issue  of  the 
certificate  of  such  retirement.  The  Commissioner  of  Education 
shall  make  and  enforce  such  rules  and  regulations,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  this  article,  as  he  shall  deem  necessary  for 
properly  safeguarding  all  payments  thereunder,  including  vouchers 
to  be  signed  by  the  person  to  whom  such  payment  is  made. 

Under  the  provisions  of  this  law  there  are  four  different  conditions 
by  which  teachers  in  the  State  normal  schools  may  be  retired. 
These  are : 

1 A teacher  who  has  had  in  the  aggregate  thirty  years’  experience 
in  teaching,  which  may  have  been  in  this  State  or  elsewhere,  and 
who  ten  years  immediately  preceding  application  for  retirement,  was 
a teacher  in  one  of  the  State  normal  schools  and  who  has  reached  the 
age  of  seventy  years,  musty  on  her  request , be  retired. 

2 A teacher  of  the  age  and  experience  required  under  conditions 
named  in  paragraph  1,  who  does  not  make  application  for  retirement, 
may  on  the  order  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education  be  retired. 

3 A teacher  who  has  had  the  experience  specified  under  the  con- 
ditions named  in  paragraph  1,  without  qualification  as  to  age,  who 


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has  been  employed  in  a State  normal  school  or  other  State  institution, 
and  who  has  become  physically  or  mentally  incapacitated  for  the 
performance  of  her  duty  and  such  facts  are  certified  to  the  Com- 
missioner of  Education  by  a majority  of  the  local  board  in  charge 
of  such  school,  may  be  retired  by  the  order  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Education. 

4 A teacher  who  has  been  employed  in  a State  normal  school  or 
other  State  institution  as  a teacher  for  ten  years  and  who  has  had 
an  aggregate  period  of  twenty  years’  experience  in  teaching  and  who 
is  physically  or  mentally  incapacitated  and  such  facts  are  certified  to 
the  Commissioner  of  Education  by  a majority  of  the  local  board 
in  charge  of  such  school,  may  be  retired  on  the  order  of  such  Com- 
missioner. 

It  should  be  observed  that  it  is  mandatory  upon  the  State  to  retire 
those  teachers  only  who  come  within  the  conditions  named  in  para- 
graph 1.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  may  use  his  discretion 
in  making  an  order  to  retire  teachers  who  come  within  the  conditions 
named  in  paragraphs  2,  3 and  4. 

Upon  request  the  Education  Department  will  furnish  local  boards 
or  teachers  with  the  proper  blanks  to  present  to  the  Commissioner 
of  Education  an  application  for  retirement. 

INDORSEMENT  OF  NORMAL  SCHOOL  DIPLOMAS  ISSUED 
BY  NORMAL  SCHOOLS  OF  OTHER  STATES 

Section  554  of  the  Education  Law  authorizes  the  Commissioner  of 
Education  to  indorse  normal  school  diplomas  issued  by  the  normal 
schools  of  other  states.  The  law  is  as  follows: 

§ 554  Indorsement  of  foreign  certificates  and  diplomas.  The 
Commissioner  of  Education  may  in  his  discretion  indorse 

1 A diploma  issued  by  a normal  school  of  another  state. 

2 A certificate  issued  by  the  chief  educational  officer  or  state 
board  of  another  state. 

Such  indorsement  confers  on  the  holder  of  such  diploma  or  certifi- 
cate the  privileges  conferred  by  law  on  the  holder  of  a normal  school 
diploma  or  state  certificate  issued  in  this  State. 

The  Commissioner  of  Education  will  consider  an  application  for 
the  indorsement  of  a diploma  issued  by  a normal  school  of  another 
state  under  the  following  conditions : 

1 The  holder  of  such  diploma  must  show  two  years’  successful 
teaching  since  receiving  the  diploma.  She  must  also  furnish  satisfac- 
tory testimonials  as  to  character  and  reputation. 


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2 The  requirements  for  admission  to  a normal  school  must  be 
the  equivalent  of  the  requirements  for  admission  to  normal  schools 
in  this  State.  (See  page  18) 

3 The  normal  course  completed  must  be  the  equivalent  of  the 
courses  maintained  in  the  State  normal  schools  of  this  State.  (See 
page  23) 

4 The  diploma  must  be  a life  license  to  teach  in  the  schools  of 
the  state  in  which  the  normal  school  issuing  such  diploma  is  located. 

5 The  state  in  which  the  school  issuing  such  diploma  is  located 
must  agree  to  indorse  the  diplomas  issued  by  the  normal  schools  of 
this  State. 


REVOCATION  OF  NORMAL  DIPLOMA 

Under  authority  of  section  556  of  the  Education  Law  a school 
commissioner  [after  January  1,  1912,  a district  superintendent]  may 
revoke  a normal  school  diploma  for  immoral  conduct  only.  The 
Commissioner  of  Education  may  under  subdivision  seven  of  section 
94  of  the  Education  Law  revoke  a normal  school  diploma  for  cause. 
Before  a normal  school  diploma  may  be  revoked  by  either  authority 
above  mentioned  the  holder  of  such  diploma  must  have  reasonable 
notice  of  the  charges  against  him  and  an  opportunity  to  appear  and 
defend  himself. 

SCHOOL  YEAR 

The  State  normal  schools  open  on  the  second  Wednesday  of 
September  and  continue  in  session  39  weeks.  The  year  is  divided 
as  follows:  two  terms  of  19  weeks  each;  one  week  at  the  close  of  the 
year  for  examinations  and  graduation.  Students  will  be  graduated 
at  the  end  of  each  term,  but  commencement  exercises  will  be  held 
only  at  the  close  of  the  year  in  June. 

PRIVILEGES 

Tuition  and  the  use  of  textbooks  are  free  to  students  in  the  profes- 
sional courses. 

ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS 

The  special  function  of  the  State  normal  schools  is  to  prepare 
teachers  for  the  elementary  schools  of  the  State.  The  graduates 
of  these  schools  to  be  legally  qualified  to  contract  to  teach  in  the 
elementary  schools  of  the  cities  and  the  villages  having  a population 
of  5000  or  more  and  employing  a superintendent  of  schools,  must 


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satisfy  the  requirements  of  section  551  of  the  Education  Law  as 
given  on  page  14  of  this  pamphlet,  both  as  to  academic  education 
and  the  professional  training.  Students  desiring  to  be  admitted  to 
the  course  for  elementary  teachers  must  therefore  be  graduates  from 
a four-year  academic  course  which  must  include  the  minimum 
work  prescribed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Education.  The  same 
requirements  have  been  prescribed  for  admission  to  the  kindergarten- 
primary and  to  the  kindergarten  course. 

In  addition  to  the  completion  of  such  course,  applicants  must 
satisfy  the  following  conditions: 

1 Applicants  must  be  at  least  16  years  of  age. 

2 Applicants  must  receive  a formal  appointment  from  the  school 
commissioner  [after  January  1,  1912,  district  superintendent]  of  the 
district  or  the  superintendent  of  the  city  in  which  they  reside. 

Minimum  requirements  for  an  approved  course 

A course  of  study  in  a high  school  or  academy  to  receive  the 
approval  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  as  required  by  section 
551  of  the  Education  Law,  must  include  2880  recitation  periods,  of 
which  the  following  subjects  must  be  a part: 

English.  The  course  in  English  must  be  continuous  throughout 
the  four  years,  and  must  provide  adequate  instruction  in  grammar, 
composition,  rhetoric  and  literature.  494  periods1 

History.  The  course  in  history  must  include  the  three  following 
courses,  each  of  which  should  be  continuous  throughout  the  year. 

Ancient  history 114  periods 

History  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 114  periods 

American  history  with  the  development  of  civic  institu- 
tions  152  periods 

Mathematics.  The  course  in  mathematics  must  include 

Algebra  (through  quadratics) 190  periods 

Plane  geometry 190  periods 

Science.  The  course  in  science  must  embrace  biology  (including 
human  physiology)  and  physics.  The  laboratory  method  of  teaching 


these  subjects  is  prescribed. 

Biology  (or  physiology  with  botany  or  zoology) 190  periods 

Physics 190  periods 


Foreign  languages.  The  course  in  foreign  languages  must  include 

1 The  term  “period”  as  used  in  this  course  means  a recitation  period  of  not 
less  than  45  minutes. 


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Latin 380  periods 

or 

French 380  periods 

or 

German 380  periods 

Drawing.  The  course  in  drawing  must  provide  adequate  instruc- 
tion for  228  periods. 

Vocal  music.  The  course  in  vocal  music  must  provide  adequate 
instruction  in  sight  singing  from  the  staff  and  the  use  of  common 
technical  terms  for  152  periods. 

The  number  of  periods  required  in  each  subject  is  based  on  a school 
year  of  38  weeks  as  a minimum. 


Entrance  on  special  consideration 

Candidates,  2 1 years  of  age,  who  have  had  two  years  of  high  school 
work  or  its  equivalent  and  in  addition  thereto  have  taught  two 
years  will  be  admitted  to  the  normal  school  with  the  understanding 
that  they  must  complete  the  minimum  high  school  course  in 
addition  to  the  professional  course  before  they  shall  be  graduated. 

Graduates  of  training  classes  who  entered  the  class  upon  a high 
school  diploma  covering  the  minimum  approved  high  school  course 
and  who  have  taught  one  year  since  graduation  from  the  training 
class  may  complete  the  professional  course  in  the  normal  school  in 
one  year  if  they  possess  the  required  aptitude  for  training. 

Those  who  hold  first  grade  certificates  may  be  graduated  in  one  and 
one-half  years  provided  (1)  they  are  high  school  graduates;  (2)  they 
have  studied  the  subjects  of  the  approved  course;  (3)  they  possess 
the  necessary  aptitude  for  study  and  training. 

Those  holding  the  life  State  certificate  or  those  who  have  com- 
pleted one  year’s  work  in  an  approved  college  may  be  graduated 
in  one  year. 


APPOINTMENT  OF  STUDENTS 

A person  desiring  to  enter  one  of  the  State  normal  schools  should 
write  to  the  principal  of  the  school  she  desires  to  enter  or  to  the 
Education  Department  for  an  application  blank.  This  blank  should 
be  filled  in  and  mailed  as  directed.  The  following  is  a copy  of  a 
blank  used : 


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APPLICATION  OF 


FOR  APPOINTMENT  TO 

THE  STATE  NORMAL  SCHOOL  AT 

New  York  State  Education  Department 

Albany,  August  i,  1911 

A person  desiring  admission  to  a State  normal  school  should  execute  this 
blank  in  duplicate,  obtaining  the  required  statement  from  the  principal  of  the 
high  school  where  she  received  her  academic  training  and  the  recommendation 
of  the  proper  school  commissioner  or  city  superintendent,  and  forward  both 
copies  to  the  principal  of  the  normal  school  which  such  person  desires  to  enter. 

THOS.  E.  FINEGAN 
Third  Assistant  Commissioner  of  Education 


STATEMENT  OF  CANDIDATE 

In  candidate’s  handwriting 

Residence age years 

I have  had terms  experience  in  teaching. 

I intend  to  enter  the  normal  school  at on ...19 

In  consideration  of  receiving  free  tuition  at  a State  normal  school,  I hereby 
obligate  myself  to  teach  in  the  schools  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

I was  graduated  in  19 from 

located  at and  was  in  attendance  upon 

such  institution years.  The  statement  below  contains  a true  record 

of  the  subjects  pursued  by  me  in  the  course  completed  therein  and  the  time 
devoted  to  each: 


SUBJECT  OF  STUDY 

Number  of 
weeks 
pursued 

Number  of 
recitations 
each  week 

Total 
number  of 
recitations 

1 English 

First  year  English 

Second  year  English 

Third  year  English 

Fourth  year  English 

2 History 

a American  history  with  the  development  of  civic 

institutions 

b English  history 

c Greek  and  Roman  history  

d Civics 

3 Mathematics 

a Algebra  

b Plane  geometry 

4 Science 

a Physics 

b Biology 

c Botany  and  zoology  

d Physiology 

5 Foreign  languages 

a Latin 

b French 

c German  

6 Drawing 

7 Vocal  music 

[ Name  in  full ] 


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STATEMENT  OF  PRINCIPAL 

The  student  making  the  foregoing  statement  was  graduated  at 

[date] 

having  been  in  regular  attendance  thereat... years.  The  statement 

respecting  the  studies  pursued  and  the  time  devoted  to  each  is  correct. 

[Remarks] 


[Principal] 

[School]. 


RECOMMENDATION 

To  the  Third  Assistant  Commissioner  of  Education: 

I hereby  recommend of 

, county  of 

as  possessing  the  health,  mental  ability  and  moral  character  requisite  for  an 

appointment  to  the  State  normal  and  training  school  at 

and 

I further  certify  that  the  above  named  person  possesses  the  following  cer- 
tificates of  proficiency: 

Diploma  from f college  \ dated 

\ university  / 

State  certificate,  dated Training  class  certificate,  dated 

Regents  academic  diploma ...school dated 

Approved  school  diploma j high  school  \ dated 

\ academy  / 

District  Superintendent , district , county  of. 

Superintendent , city  of. 

[Dated] . 19 


The  applicant  executing  this  blank  has  been  advised  that 

will  be  admitted  to  the State  Normal  School 

on  the . ..day  of , 191 

[If  an  applicant  is  admitted  on  condition , such  condition  should  he  fully  stated 
here] 


Principal  State  Normal  School 

[Remarks] 

Approved 191 

Third  Assistant  Commissioner  of  Education 

APPOINTMENT  OF  NONRESIDENTS 

Residents  of  other  states  are  admitted  by  special  appointment  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Education  but  are  required  to  pay  in  advance 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  local  board  a tuition  fee  of  $20  a term  of  19 
weeks. 


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TRANSFER  OF  STUDENTS 

Students  may  be  transferred  from  one  normal  school  to  another 
by  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  for  cause,  on  the  concurrence 
of  the  principals  of  the  two  schools  affected  thereby. 

GENERAL  PROFESSIONAL  COURSES 

There  are  three  general  professional  courses  of  study  prescribed 
by  the  Commissioner  of  Education  for  the  State  normal  schools. 
Each  of  these  courses  covers  a period  of  two  years.  These 
courses  are: 

1 Elementary  teachers  course 

2 Kindergarten-primary  course 

3 Kindergarten  course 

The  elementary  teachers  course  prepares  teachers  for  the  grades 
of  the  elementary  schools  of  the  State.  The  diploma  issued  to  a 
graduate  of  this  course  is  a life  license  to  teach  in  any  public  school 
of  the  State  without  further  examination.  This  course  is  given  in 
each  of  the  State  normal  schools. 

The  kindergarten-primary  course  prepares  teachers  for  the  kinder- 
garten and  the  first  six  years  of  the  elementary  schools.  Graduates 
of  this  course  receive  a diploma  which  is  a license  to  teach  for  life 
in  any  kindergarten  in  the  State  or  in  the  first  six  grades  in  any 
public  school  in  the  State  without  further  examination.  This  course 
is  given  in  all  the  normal  schools  except  Brockport  and  Plattsburg. 

The  kindergarten  course  prepares  teachers  for  the  kindergarten 
and  a graduate  of  such  a course  receives  a diploma  which  is  a license 
to  teach  for  life  in  any  kindergarten  in  the  State  without  further 
examination.  This  course  is  given  in  the  following  normal  schools : 
Buffalo,  Cortland,  Fredonia,  Geneseo  and  Oswego. 

These  courses  include  the  following  subjects  and  the  figures  follow- 
ing each  subject  indicate  the  number  of  recitations  required  in 
such  subject: 

Elementary  teachers  course 

PERIODS 


Psychology 100 

Principles  and  history  of  education 100 

Methods  of  language,  grammar  and  composition 100 

Methods  of  literature  (optional) 100 

School  economy 40 

Methods  of  vocal  music 120 

Methods  of  arithmetic  and  algebra 120 

Methods  of  American  history 80 

Methods  of  drawing  and  elementary  handwork 160 


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PERIODS 

Logic.  8o 

Methods  of  Latin  (optional) ioo 

Methods  of  geography ioo 

Methods  of  primary  reading,  spelling  and  phonics ioo 

Methods  of  nature  study  and  methods  of  elementary  science ioo 

Methods  of  manual  training  or  household  arts 160 

Penmanship 40 

Methods  of  physical  training 120 

Observation  and  practice 600 

Kindergarten-primary  course 

PERIODS 

Psychology 100 

Principles  and  history  of  education 100 

Methods  of  vocal  music 60 

Methods  of  arithmetic 80 

Methods  of  United  States  history 40 

Methods  of  drawing  and  handwork 160 

Logic 80 

Methods  of  geography 100 

Methods  of  reading,  spelling,  phonics,  language 100 

Methods  of  nature  study  and  elementary  science 100 

Methods  of  penmanship 40 

Methods  of  physical  training 120 

English  voice  training,  children’s  literature,  story-telling 100 

Songs  and  games 100 

Mother  play,  gifts,  occupations 160 

Program  of  kindergarten  procedure 40 

Observation  and  practice 580 

Kindergarten  course 

PERIODS 

Logic 80 

English  — reading,  spelling,  phonics  and  voice  training 80 

Elementary  science  and  nature  study 200 

Drawing 140 

Penmanship 40 

Physical  training 120 

Music 40 

Psychology 100 

History  of  education 100 

English  — voice  training,  children’s  literature,  story-telling 120 

Songs  and  games 120 

Mother  play,  gifts  and  occupations 180 

Principles  of  education  with  special  reference  to  kindergarten 60 

Program  — kindergarten  procedure 60 

Observation  and  practice 560 

Kindergarten-primary  diploma.  Students  who  shall  complete 
the  kindergarten  course  and  who  shall  then  complete  the  methods  of 


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grammar  and  composition,  arithmetic,  American  history,  geography, 
with  training  and  teaching  of  the  regular  normal  course,  will  receive 
diplomas  licensing  them  to  teach  in  both  kindergarten  and  elementary 
schools. 


SPECIAL  NORMAL  TRAINING  COURSES 

To  provide  normal  training  for  teachers  of  special  courses  in  the 
public  schools,  special  professional  courses  have  been  authorized  in 
the  State  normal  schools.  It  is  not  the  policy  of  the  State  to  give 
all  special  courses  in  each  of  the  State  normal  schools,  but  to 
assign  to  each  school  the  special  work  for  which  it  is  best  adapted 
by  reason  of  its  location,  organization  and  equipment.  Such 
special  courses  have  been  authorized  as  follows: 

Buffalo 

Courses 

1 Mechanical  drawing  5 Joinery  and  cabinet  work 

2 Machine  shop  practice  6 Cookery 

3 Printing  7 Sewing  and  millinery 

4 Patternmaking 


Requirements  for  admission  to  normal  classes  in  vocational  training 

Candidates  for  these  courses  may  be  admitted  under  one  of  the 
following  qualifications : 

1 Candidates  must  be  at  least  17  years  old  and  must  present  a 
diploma  of  graduation  from  a high  school  approved  by  the  Educa- 
tion Department. 

The  applicant  must  present  credits  as  follows: 

English 

Literature  ^ 

Rhetoric  and  ! 494  periods 

composition  [ The  equivalent  of  that  required  in  a 

Grammar  J four-year  high  school  course 

History 

Ancient  history  1 120  periods 

or  r A three-hour  course  for  one 

English  history  J year 

American  history  and  civics 152  periods 


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Mathematics 

Algebra 

Plane  geometry 
Science 

Physics 
Chemistry  . 


Foreign  language 
Latin 
or 

French 

or 

German 


The  equivalent  of  two  years’  work 


190  periods 
190  periods 

190  periods 
190  periods 


380  periods 


Drawing 

Applicants  must  offer  credits  for  one  year’s  work  in  free-hand 
drawing  and  one  year’s  work  in  either  mechanical  or  architectural 
drawing. 

Shop  practice 

Applicants  for  the  shop  branches  must  have  had  a total  shop  ex- 
perience, under  an  instructor,  in  woodwork,  patternmaking,  forg- 
ing, foundry  work  or  machine  shop  work,  equal  to  480  periods. 


Mechanical  drawing 

Applicants  for  the  course  in  mechanical  drawing  must  have  had 
a total  experience,  under  an  instructor,  in  mechanical  drawing  and 
any  one  of  the  shop  branches  mentioned  above,  of  480  periods. 

2 Candidates  who  have  not  graduated  from  a high  school  but 
who  are  of  mature  age  and  who  have  had  four  years  of  successful 
experience  in  one  trade  may  be  admitted  to  the  normal  course  for 
that  trade  upon  satisfying  the  principal  that  they  have  attained 
conspicuous  excellence  in  their  work  and  are  mentally  equipped  to 
pursue  the  course  of  study. 

Students  admitted  under  this  rule  may  be  excused  from  the  shop- 
work  or  drawing  required  in  connection  with  the  course. 


Courses  of  study 

Each  course  is  planned  to  cover  two  years  of  regular  day  school 
work  but  students  who  cover  the  courses  in  evening  classes  will  be 
given  credit  as  they  finish  each  subject,  and  on  the  completion  of 
the  course  will  be  granted  a diploma. 


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No  student  will  be  graduated  from  these  courses  until  he  proves 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  faculty  that  he  has  become  expert  in  the 
line  of  work  he  expects  to  teach. 

1  Mechanical  drawing 

PERIODS 

History  and  principles  of  education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods  in  arithmetic 40 

Methods  in  science 120 

Methods  in  shop  and  draughting  room 300 

Drawing  and  design 240 

Draughting  room  work 1200 

Teaching 400 

2  Machine  shop  practice 

History  and  principles  of  education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods  in  arithmetic 40 

Methods  in  science 120 

Methods  in  shop  instruction 300 

Drawing  and  design 240 

Shop  work 1200 

Teaching 400 

3  Printing 

History  and  principles  of  education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods  in  arithmetic 40 

Methods  in  science 120 

Methods  in  shop  instruction 300 

Drawing  and  design 240 

Shopwork 1200 

Teaching 400 

4  Patternmaking 

History  and  principles  of  education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods  in  arithmetic 40 

Methods  in  science 120 

Methods  in  shop  instruction 300 

Drawing  and  design 240 

Shopwork 1 200 

Teaching 400 

5  Joinery  and  cabinetmaking 

History  and  principles  of  education 100 

Psychology 100 

Methods  in  arithmetic 40 

Methods  in  science 1 20 


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PERIODS 


Methods  in  shop  instruction 300 

Drawing  and  design 240 

Shop  work 1200 

Teaching 400 


The  graduates  of  these  courses  will  receive  a diploma  which  will  be 
a license  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State  the  subject 
completed. 


Requirement  for  admission  to  normal  course  in  cookery,  sewing  and  millinery 

When  additional  accommodations  are  available  there  will  be 
offered  in  this  school  courses  in  domestic  science  and  domestic  art, 
each  covering  a term  of  two  years.  At  present  it  will  be  possible 
to  offer  only  the  combination  course  which  includes  cooking,  sewing 
and  millinery,  and  which  extends  over  a term  of  three  years. 

Candidates  for  this  course  must  be  at  least  18  years  of  age,  must 
have  been  graduated  from  a high  school  or  school  of  equal  rank 
approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Education,  and  must  have  re- 
ceived school  credits  for  the  following  subjects: 


English 

Literature  | 

Rhetoric  and  ! 494  periods 

composition  j The  equivalent  of  that  required  in 
Grammar  J a four-year  high  school  course 

History 

Ancient  history  ^ 

or  ! 1 14  periods 

English  history  [ A three-hour  course  for  one 
J year 

American  history  and  civics,  a four-hour  course  for 

one  year 152  periods 


Mathematics 

Algebra 

Plane  geometry 


190  periods 
190  periods 


Science 

Physics  . 
Chemistry 


190  periods 
190  periods 


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Foreign  language 
Latin 

or  380  periods 

French  > The  equivalent  of  two  years’  work 
or 

German 

Drawing 

The  equivalent  of  one  year  of  representation  and  one  year  of 
design  as  indicated  in  the  1910  Syllabus  for  Secondary  Schools. 
Physics  and  chemistry  must  be  presented  for  entrance  to  these 
courses. 


Course  of  study 

This  course,  covering  three  years,  is  designed  to  prepare  the  stu- 
dent to  teach  cookery,  sewing  or  millinery  in  the  elementary  schools. 


First  year 

Psychology 

Foods  — elementary  cooking 
Handwork  — elementary  sewing 
Machine  work 
Household  chemistry 


Biology  — physiology 
Drawing 

English  composition 
Physical  training 


Second  year 


History  of  education 
Advanced  cookery 
Household  accounts 
Serving 
Dressmaking 

Drawing  (costume  and  design) 


Laundry 

Arithmetic 

Principles  of  education 
English  composition 
Physical  training 


Third  year 

Dietetics  — invalid  cookery  — emer- 
gencies 

Household  construction  and  furnishing 

Sanitation  and  appliances 

Drawing 

Millinery 


Textiles 

Theory  and  practice  of  teaching 
domestic  science  and  art 
English  composition 
Physical  training 


A graduate  of  this  course  will  receive  a diploma  which  will  be  a 
license  to  teach  cooking,  sewing  or  millinery  in  any  elementary 
school  in  the  State. 


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Cortland 

Course 

Agriculture  course 

This  school  gives  a teacher’s  course  in  agriculture.  The  object 
of  this  course  is  to  train  teachers  to  teach  agricultural  courses  in 
the  small  high  schools  which  are  distributed  throughout  the  State. 
To  meet  present  conditions,  two  courses  have  been  prescribed. 


Requirements  for  admission  to  the  two-year  course 

This  course  is  open  to  men  at  least  16  years  of  age,  who  have 
had  farm  experience,  and  who  have  a diploma  of  graduation  from  a 
course  (or  the  equivalent)  prescribed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Edu- 
cation for  admission  to  normal  schools  (see  page  18). 


Requirements  for  admission  to  the  one-year  course 

This  course  is  open  to  young  men  who  are  high  school  graduates, 
or  have  had  equivalent  education,  have  had  farm  experience,  hold 
a life  certificate,  valid  in  this  State,  and  have  had  at  least  one  year’s 
successful  experience  in  teaching. 


Courses  of  study 

Two-year  agricultural  training  course 


First  year 


First  term 


Physics  (agricultural) 5 

Psychology 5 

Botany 5 

History  of  education 5 

Chemistry 5 


Second  term 

Farm  mechanics. 

Manual  training 

Entomology 

Bacteriology  and  plant  pathology. . 
Chemistry 


5 

5 

5 

5 

5 


Second  year 


Horticulture 5 

School  economy 2 

Animal  husbandry 5 

Advanced  science  methods 5 

Observation 10 


Grammar  methods 5 

Farm  crops 5 

Dairying 5 

Farm  management  and  farm  prac- 
tice   5 

Teaching 10 


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One-year  agricultural  training  course 


First  term 

Physics  (agricultural) 5 

Horticulture 5 

Botany 5 

Animal  husbandry 5 

Advanced  science  methods 5 

Chemistry 5 


Second  term 

Farm  mechanics 5 

Farm  crops 5 

Entomology 5 

Bacteriology  and  plant  pathology. . 5 

Dairying 5 

Farm  management  and  farm  practice  5 
Chemistry 5 


The  figures  denote  the  number  of  hours  each  week  throughout  the  term. 


Those  completing  either  of  these  courses  will  receive  a diploma, 
which  will  be  a license  to  teach  agricultural  courses  in  the  schools  of 
the  State. 


Fredonia 

Courses 

1 Music  2 Drawing 

Requirements  for  admission 

To  be  admitted  to  these  courses  candidates  must  show  the  com- 
pletion of  a four-year  high  school  course. 

Course  of  study 

These  courses  cover  a period  of  two  years. 

The  graduates  of  these  courses  will  receive  diplomas  which  will 
be  licenses  to  teach  the  special  subject  of  such  course  in  any  public 
school  in  the  State. 

Geneseo 

Courses 

Teacher-librarian’s  course 

This  school  gives  a special  course  covering  a period  of  two  years 
for  training  teachers  who  are  to  have  general  charge  of  public  school 
libraries.  All  school  libraries  should  be  under  the  general  direction 
of  a trained  librarian.  The  great  majority  of  schools  having  large 
libraries  do  not  need  the  constant  services  of  a librarian.  This 
special  course  is  a combination  of  the  work  given  in  the  elemen- 
tary teacher’s  course  and  of  work  related  to  a technical  library 
course.  To  provide  economical  administration,  school  authorities 
may  employ  the  graduates  of  this  course,  allowing  them  to  give 
part  of  their  time  to  the  care  of  the  library  and  to  teach  the  re- 
mainder of  the  time.  It  is  called  a course  for  teacher-librarians. 


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Requirements  for  admission 

Admission  to  this  course  shall  be  on  the  completion  of  an  ap- 
proved minimum  high  school  course  which  shall  also  include  four 
years  of  high  school  English.  (See  page  19.) 

Course  of  study 

PERIODS 

Psychology 100 

History  and  principles  of  education 100 

Methods  of  grammar  and  composition 100 

Methods  of  reading,  spelling  and  language 100 

Methods  of  literature 300 

Methods  of  United  States  history 80 

Methods  of  geography 60 

Methods  of  drawing 140 

Methods  of  vocal  music 120 

Methods  of  arithmetic 80 

Methods  of  manual  training 40 

Observation  and  teaching 450 

Administration  of  small  school  library: 

Cataloging,  classification,  book-selection,  reference  work,  mechanical 

processes,  etc •. 150 

Children’s  literature: 

Study  of  different  classes  of  books  for  children,  story-telling,  etc 100 

Practice  work: 

Teaching  of  library  lessons  in  grades  and  high  school;  practice  in  all 

library  processes 150 

Graduates  from  this  course  will  receive  a diploma,  which  is  a life 
license  to  teach  in  any  public  school  in  the  State. 

Oswego 

Course 

Manual  arts 

Requirements  for  admission 

The  entrance  requirements  to  this  course  are  the  same  as  the 
entrance  requirements  to  the  general  professional  courses.  (See  page 
18.) 

Candidates  who  are  not  graduates  of  a high  school,  but  who  are 
of  mature  age  and  have  had  several  years’  experience  in  one  or  more 
trades  or  occupations,  may  be  admitted  to  this  course  on  approval 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Education. 


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Course  of  study 

PERIODS 


Psychology 100 

History  and  principles  of  education ioo 

English 5° 

Methods  in  science ioo 

Shop  mathematics ioo 

Shop  administration 

History  and  theory  of  industrial  education,  a study  of  equipments, 

organization  of  work,  materials,  and  local  industries 200 

Drawing 

Design,  representation,  mechanical 400 

Shopwork 

Joinery 100 

Cabinetmaking 150 

Wood  turning,  patternmaking 150 

Art  metal  work 100 

Machine  shop  practice 200 

Printing  and  bookbinding 100 

Foundry  practice  and  forging 200 

Teaching 400 


A graduate  of  this  course  will  receive  a diploma  which  will  be  a 
license  to  teach  the  manual  arts  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State. 

Plattsburg 

Course 

Commercial  course 

Requirements  for  admission 

1 Graduation  from  any  four-year  course  in  an  approved  high 
school  or  its  equivalent. 

2 Graduation  from  a general  normal  school  course  approved  by 
the  Education  Department.  Candidates  who  present  this  cre- 
dential will  be  permitted  to  graduate  in  one  year  if  they  show  the 
required  aptitude. 

3 Graduation  from  a college  course  approved  by  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Education.  Candidates  who  present  this  credential  will 
be  permitted  to  graduate  in  one  year  if  they  show  the  required  ap- 
titude. 

4 Special  cases. 

a Candidates  21  years  of  age  who  have  completed  two  years  of 
academic  work  in  a high  school  may  be  admitted  with  the  under- 
standing that  they  must  complete  the  minimum  approved  high 
school  course  before  graduation. 


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b Candidates  who  have  completed  three  years  of  academic  work 
plus  an  approved  commercial  course  may  be  admitted  with  the 
understanding  that  they  must  complete  the  minimum  approved 
high  school  course  before  graduation.  Credit  will  be  given  for  the 
commercial  course  so  that  the  diploma  may  be  earned  in  two  years. 

Course  of  study 

PERIODS 


Elementary  bookkeeping,  business  practice,  business  writing  and  methods  200 
Advanced  bookkeeping,  office  practice,  business  writing  and  methods. . . . 200 

Commercial  arithmetic  and  methods 100 

Commercial  geography  and  methods 100 

Commercial  English,  correspondence  and  methods 60 

Commercial  law  and  methods 100 

History  of  commerce  and  methods 100 

Economics 100 

Elementary  shorthand  and  methods 200 

Advanced  shorthand  and  methods 200 

Typewriting  and  methods 200 

Principles  of  accounting 100 

Accounting  practice 100 

Logic 80 

Psychology 100 

Principles  and  history  of  education 100 

School  economy 40 

Observation  and  practice 400 


Graduates  from  this  course,  upon  recommendation  of  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  school,  will  receive  a diploma,  which  will  license  its 
holder  to  teach  in  any  commerical  school  or  commercial  depart- 
ment in  any  public  school  in  the  State. 

Potsdam 

Courses 

1 Music  2 Drawing 

Requirements  for  admission 

To  be  admitted  to  these  courses,  candidates  must  show  the  com- 
pletion of  a four-year  high  school  course. 

Courses  of  study 

These  courses  cover  a period  of  two  years. 

The  graduates  of  these  courses  will  receive  a diploma  which  will 
be  a license  to  teach  the  subject  of  such  course  in  any  public  school 
in  the  State. 


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HIGH  SCHOOL  COURSES 

The  following  courses  are  prescribed  for  the  high  school  depart- 
ment of  the  training  school.  Admission  to  these  courses  shall  be 
as  follows: 

1 By  a Regents  preliminary  certificate. 

2 By  presenting  other  credentials  satisfactory  to  the  principal  of 

the  school,  which  must  be  submitted  for  approval  to  the  Edu- 
cation Department. 

a No  nonresident  pupil  living  in  a district  that  maintains  an  aca- 
demic school  registered  under  the  free  tuition  act  is  eligible 
for  admission  to  the  high  school  department. 

b Resident  pupils  can  be  admitted  only  at  the  beginning  of  a 
term.  Should  a larger  number  of  resident  pupils  apply  for 
admission  than  can  well  be  accommodated  in  the  high  school, 
they  shall  be  admitted  from  an  eligible  list  in  the  order  of 
their  application. 

The  figures  following  each  subject  denote  the  number  of  required 
hours  each  week  throughout  the  year. 


Course  for  admission  to  normal  schools 


Pupils  pursuing  this  course  must  complete  the  subjects  prescribed 
in  the  minimum  course  as  given  on  pages  19  and  20. 

Pupils  may  substitute  for  any  of  the  remaining  subjects  such 
other  subjects  as  individual  necessities  may  require. 


First  year 


English 5 

Biology  (including  human  physi- 

o!ogy) 5 

Algebra 5 


Latin,  French  or  German 5 

Drawing 2 

Physical  training 2 

Music 1 


Second  year 


English 3 

Ancient  history 3 

Geometry 4 

Latin,  French  or  German 5 


Physical  geography 5 

Drawing 2 

Physical  training 2 

Music 1 


Third  year 


English 3 

Voice  training 1 

Physics 5 


History  of  Great  Britain  and  Ire- 
land   


A foreign  language 5 

Drawing.  2 

Physical  training 2 

Music 1 


3 


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Fourth  year 


English 3 

American  history  with  the  develop- 
ment of  civic  institutions 5 

Same  foreign  language  as  of  third 
year 5 

Subjects  in  italics  are  required. 


Chemistry 5 

Drawing 2 

Physical  training 2 

Music 1 


Course  for  admission  to  college 

Pupils  pursuing  this  course  must  complete  the  subjects  prescribed 
in  the  minimum  course  as  given  on  pages  19  and  20.  They  must 
also  complete  such  additional  subjects  as  are  required  by  the 
Education  Department  for  the  college  entrance  diploma.  They 
may  substitute  for  any  of  the  remaining  subjects  such  other  sub- 
jects as  individual  necessities  may  require.  An  excess  of  study  in 
the  time  required  in  foreign  language  may  be  substituted  for  a slight 
deficiency  in  ancient  or  English  history  for  normal  entrance 
requirements. 


First  ; 

year 

English 

200 

Latin 

. . . . 200 

Algebra 

200 

Drawing 

. . . . 80 

Biology  (including  human  physi- 

Physical training 

. . . . 80 

ology)  

200 

Music 

....  40 

Second 

year 

English 

120 

Second  foreign  language 

. . . . 200 

Plane  geometry 

160 

Drawing 

....  80 

History 

120 

Physical  training 

....  80 

Latin 

200 

Music 

....  40 

Third 

year 

English 

120 

Latin 

....  200 

Intermediate  algebra 

80 

Drawing 

....  40 

Physics 

200 

Physical  training 

....  80 

Second  foreign  language 

200 

Music 

....  40 

English 

Review  of  plane  geometry . . . 
American  history  with  civics 
Latin 


Fourth  year 

120  Second  foreign  language 200 

80  Drawing 4° 

200  Physical  training 80 

200  Music 4° 


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Course  for  admission  to  technical  schools 


First ; 

year 

English 

200 

German 

200 

Algebra 

200 

Drawing 

80 

Biology  (including  human  physi- 

Physical  training 

80 

ology) 

200 

Music 

40 

Second 

year 

English 

120 

French 

Plane  geometry 

160 

Drawing 

80 

History 

120 

Physical  training 

80 

German 

200 

Music 

40 

Third 

year 

English 

120 

French 

200 

Review  of  algebra 

80 

Drawing 

80 

Physics 

200 

Physical  training 

80 

German 

200 

Music 

40 

Fourth 

year 

English 

120 

Chemistry 

200 

Review  of  plane  geometry 

80 

Drawing 

80 

American  history  with  civics 

200 

Physical  training 

80 

Advanced  mathematics 

200 

Music 

40 

Third  Assistant  Commissioner  of  Education 

Approved  Oct.  12,  1911 


Commissioner  of  Education 


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